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Showing 1 to 20 of 91 for “"nanoelectronics"”.
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INTERFACE EFFECTS ON NANOELECTRONICS
Nanoelectronics consist of devices with active electronic components on the nanometer length scale. At such dimensions most, if not all, atoms or molecules composing the active device region must be on or near a surface. Also, materials effectively confined to two dimensions, or when subject to …
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Superconducting thin film nanoelectronics
Superconducting devices have found application in a diverse set of fields due to their unique properties which cannot be reproduced in normal materials. Although many of these devices rely on the properties of bulk superconductors, superconducting devices based on thin films are finding increasing …
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Fault tolerance issues in nanoelectronics
… In fact, once devices reach the few-atom scale (nanoelectronics), transient quantum effects are expected to impair their behaviour. Fault tolerant techniques will then be required. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the problem of transient errors in nanoelectronic devices. Transient error …
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Estimation of Future Manufacturing Costs for Nanoelectronics Technology
… to reflect the future performance parameters of nanoelectronics. Using data from the x86 design of Intel Microprocessor Chips, undetermined parameters of the Modified VHSIC Model were calculated. Next, future performance parameters were used in the model to predict the initial selling price of …
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Silicon Nanoelectronics for Quantum Metrology Standard and Cryogenic SBMOSFET
The nanoscale silicon electronic devices are the fundamental building blocks for the modern integrated circuitry that powers the personal computer, smart phone, advanced car sensor or biomedical implant. Besides these great contributions to our daily life, they also provide excellent host …
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Methods for the development of a DNA based nanoelectronics
The exceptional self-assembly properties of DNA as well as its ability to interact with different kinds of chemical compounds and biological structures make this biomolecule to an interesting object for the fabrication of artificial nanostructures. In this work several methods for a DNA-based …
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Towards high performance graphene nanoelectronics: materials, contacts and interfaces
… development of higher performing graphene based nanoelectronics. This work contributes to the existing knowledge and techniques and brings graphene nanoelectronic development a step closer to industrial commercialization.
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Solution-processed thin-film materials for high-performance nanoelectronics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Nanoscale heat conduction with applications in nanoelectronics and thermoelectrics
When the device or structure characteristic length scales are comparable to the mean free path and wavelength of energy carriers (electrons, photons, phonons, and molecules) or the time of interest is on the same order as the carrier relaxation time, conventional heat transfer theory is no longer …
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Electrodeposited Ni/Ge and germanide schottky barriers for nanoelectronics applications
… barriers have found numerous applications in nanoelectronics. The work presented in this thesis focuses on the improvement of a few of the relevant devices using electrodeposition of metal on Ge for Schottky barrier fabrication. This low energy metallisation technique offers numerous …
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Theoretical Study of Carbon-Based Materials and Their Applications in Nanoelectronics
Continual scaling down of silicon device, which is the main driving force in device performance enhancement, is not sustainable as we approach the physical limits of silicon and it is foreseen that new materials and novel device structures will be required for future device improvements. In this …
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Bio-Inspired Assembly of Nanomaterials for Applications on Nanoelectronics and Biosensors
… made huge impact on a number of fields including nanoelectronics, photonics, biology, and medicine. A main reason for such an impact is that every nanomaterial, such as metallic nanoparticles (NPs), quantum dots (QDs), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and magnetic nanoparticles has unique physical and …
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Study of thin metal films and oxide materials for nanoelectronics applications
… are studied for their potential application in nanoelectronics: gold and copper films, nickel nanoelectrodes, oxide nanograin superconductors, carboxyl ferromagnetic microspheres and graphene oxide flakes. The crystallization and surface morphology of gold and copper films on SiO2/Si substrates …
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Physical and chemical manipulation of carbon nanotubes and graphene for nanoelectronics
The electron confinement in carbon nanomaterials provides them with many interesting electronic, mechanical and optical properties, thus making them one of the best suited materials for electronic and sensor applications. However, at present practical realization of nano-scale electronics faces two …
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Understanding and characterizing thermal transport in 2D van der Waals nanoelectronics
… thus needed for practical thermal management of nanoelectronics. Recent theoretical and experimental progress promises more effective nanoelectronics thermal management. On the one hand, atomistic simulation provides great opportunities to investigate fundamental thermal transport processes under …
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Structure and Morphology Control in Carbon Nanomaterials for Nanoelectronics and Hydrogen Storage
<p>Carbon nanomaterials have a wide range of promising and exciting applications. One of the most heavily investigated carbon nanomaterial in recent history has been the carbon nanotube. The intense interest in carbon nanotubes can be attributed to the many exceptional characteristics which give …
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Selective metallization and electronic self-healing for high performance carbon-based nanoelectronics
… have great potential to be used in future nanoelectronics due to their unique combinations of electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. Specifically, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene have attracted great interest over the past decade in both the scientific and industrial …
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Planar GaAs nanowire arrays for nanoelectronics: controlled growth, doping, characterization, and devices
The Vapor-Liquid-Solid (VLS) mechanism is a bottom-up approach to produce one-dimensional semiconductor structures, or nanowires. VLS nanowires are formed via a chemical or physical deposition process, where a metallic nanoparticle (seed) facilitates the growth. Nanowire growth diameter is strongly …
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Epitaxial aluminium gates in ultra-shallow GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs heterostructures for low disorder nanoelectronics
Researchers in the field of nanoelectronics partake in the unending pursuit to reduce device size in order to minimise energy consumption and maximise operation temperature. Device reduction entails decreasing the depth of the conduction channel below the wafer surface, but increased scattering …
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